UPTAKE OF PLANAR POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS AND 2,3,7,8-SUBSTITUTED POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS AND DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS BY BIRDS NESTING IN THE LOWER FOX RIVER AND GREEN BAY, WI, USA

• Main Authors: G. Ankley, G. Niemik, K. Lodge, H. Harris, D. Beaver, D. Tillitt, T. Schwartz, J. Giesy, P. Jones, C. Hagley
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Green Bay; Common tern; Sterna hirundo
• Online Access: http://oaspub.epa.gov/eims/eimsapi.dispdetail?deid=32999

The uptake of persistent polychlorinated hydrocarbons (PCHs) by four avian species was investigated at upper trophic levels of two aquatic food chains of the lower Fox River and Green Bay, Wisconsin. ccumulation of total and specific planar polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzofu...